ARTS & CRAFTS

Basket weaving with a twist Ruth Hills uses the simple coconut palm frond to create her works of art

THEATRE

Little Black Boxes The concept of black box theater – an intimate space for performances – has taken the Treasure Coast by storm

ART

Birth of a creative moment The former SunTrust building in Fort Pierce has been transformed into a creative center for artists

ART

Backus Gallery a nifty 50 From its modest start as an outdoor venue, the A.E. Backus Gallery & Museum marks its 50th season this year

MUSIC

Jazzing it up Musical group aims to bring the finest in jazz to the Treasure Coast

Stuart's OPUS

The work of Stuart's OPUS This nationally acclaimed group has been bringing outstanding vocal music to the Treasure Coast since 1981

Vero Beach Art Club

A club portrait Vero Beach art group still growing after almost three-quarters of a century

MUSIC

A Suite Season The Indian River Symphonic Association’s 15th season strikes an international chord

ARTISTIC VISIONS

Eastern Cuban flavor Entrepreneur Clyde Hensley brings the little-seen art of eastern Cuba to the United States

A.E. Backus

Backus goes on tour Visitors to the A.E. Backus Gallery this winter will be the first to see rare pieces in an exhibit that will travel throughout the country later this year PHOTO PROVIDED COURTESY OF THE A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM AND GALLERY

Downtown rebirth

New dawn of The Sunrise When the Sunrise Theatre opened in 1923, it became the unpretentious leading actor in defining downtown Fort Pierce. Built during the Florida land boom, a brief period of optimism when the most ambitious artistic visions became realities in real estate, the Sunrise weathered more than 80 years filled with harsh renovations, decades of closing and near ruin.

Don and Dorothy

Rediscovering the 'Floridays' poet There’s something about The Tropics that gets the poet going: palm trees green as a parrot's wing, pink flamingos, plate-sized, flame-colored hibiscus, perfumed fruit and girls with skin as gold as good Bourbon wearing not very much.

In Search of Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston’s real last days Robert E. Hemenway, whose book, “Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography,” is the seminal work on the author, knew why such a famous writer could come to such an end. “Zora was before her time – in intellectual circles – in the lifestyle she chose,” he wrote.

Created on 11/20/2006 07:48 AM by ind1an Updated on 05/11/2010 10:32 AM by macaddict